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ZOAR 647
ZEALOT (pop. 1911, 4). A tiny, abandoned fishing community, Zealot was located on the Great Northern Peninsula, near the southern headland of Hare Bay, just inside the Fishot Islands qv. On modern maps Zealot appears as Great Islets Harbour. The unusual name may be simply a corruption of "islet", but it has been in use since at least 1802 (when three ships and 100 men from Granville were recorded at the station). Zealot was apparently no longer being used by French fishermen by the 1870s. The few English families at Zealot were likely descendants of James Davis, gar¬ dien of the French premises from 1839. After the French abandoned the harbour it was used by migra¬ tory fishermen from Conception Bay and Fogo Island, and a few of these may have settled as well. Zealot first appears in the Census in 1874 with a population of 19, the highest ever recorded. There were only 11 people in 1891 — likely the families of John Fitzgerald, John Davis and Patrick Davis. The last time that the com¬ munity appeared in the Census, in 1911, its name was rendered as "Sealet", which more closely approxi¬ mates the local pronunciation than either Zealot or Islet. Wilbert Bromley (interview, May 1993), H.A. Innis (1954), Census (1874-1911), McAlpine's New¬ foundland Directory {\%9 A). RHC
ZENO, NICOLO. (C.1326-C.1402). Purported ex¬ plorer. Nicolo and Antonio Zeno were Venetian broth¬ ers reputed to have sailed the north Atlantic in about 1380. Supporting evidence consists solely of a book published in Venice in 1558 by a member ofthe Zeno family. The narrative, which describes a voyage to several islands in the north Atlantic in service of a local potentate, is considered by most historians to be a fabrication. The accompanying map with its mythical islands and place names was, however, accepted as genuine for more than 100 years after publication. The Zeno map was based on the fourteenth century map of Claudius Clavus and the 1537 map of Olaus Magnus. Its inaccuracies misled many early mariners and geo¬ graphers, and may well have been a contributing factor in the search for a northwest passage. DCB I. acb
ZINC. Zinc is a white, metallic element which occurs naturally in the form of zinc blende. It is often associ¬ ated with metals such as copper and lead, and some¬ times with precious metals. Zinc is a base metal used as a component of brass, in galvanizing sheet iron, in printing plates and in electric batteries. Various com¬ pounds containing zinc may be used as white pigment, as a flux in manufacturing or to make a corrosive cleanser. There have been two relatively large-scale mining operations in Newfoundland.
A large ore body containing lead, zinc and copper was located on the Buchans River as early as 1905. Efforts to mine the ore were made between 1906 and 1911, but techniques ofthe time made full-scale pro¬ duction uneconomical. H.A. Guess, an executive of the American Smelting and Refining Co. (ASARCO), continued to test methods of production until the oper¬ ation was judged to be potentially profitable about
1925. Production began at the Buchans qv mine in 1927 through an agreement between ASARCO and the Anglo-Newfoundland Development Co. Initially the Buchans operation was an open-pit mine. Zinc con¬ centrate was shipped to Belgium and Britain in the 1930s, but only to Britain by 1940. During World War II a significant amount of zinc concentrate began to be exported to the United States, but prices tended to fluctuate. Exports ranged between 28,002 tons in 1953 to 38,982 tons in 1964. The Buchans zinc mine closed in 1983 when the ore body was exhausted.
Zinc deposits were known to exist near Daniel's Harbour qv in the 1960s, but it was not until the 1970s that the presence of commercial reserves was con¬ firmed. Newfoundland Zinc Mines Ltd. opened in 1975 as a joint venture of AMAX Zinc and the Van¬ couver-based Teck Corporation. Like the Buchans mine, it began as an open-pit mine but soon developed into an underground operation. The ore was shipped largely to Noranda, Quebec, but also to other parts of Canada and the United States. Limestone tailings from the mine were used experimentally by west coast farmers in soil preparation. Newfoundland Zinc Mines closed for a period but reopened in 1987 following increased market demand for zinc. After two years the operation was again shut down when the ore deposit was judged to be exhausted. See MINERALS; MIN¬ ING. Derek Yetman (1974), Historical Statistics of Newfoundland and Labrador (1970), Rounder (June 1978), Smallwood Files (Minerals), acb
ZOAR (pop. 1945,4). An abandoned community on the Labrador north coast, Zoar was located approximately 50 km southeast of Nain. From 1865 to the early 1890s it was the site of a Moravian mission station, intended to be a gathering point for the settlers qv of the north coast.
In the mid-1800s there were several settler families (of mixed Inuit and European blood) at scattered sites between Nain and Hopedale, most of whom were at least nominally communicants of the Moravian Church. The mission had a long-standing policy of encouraging the Inuit to congregate at its stations, and
Betty Ford at Zoar c. 1945

ZOAR 647
ZEALOT (pop. 1911, 4). A tiny, abandoned fishing community, Zealot was located on the Great Northern Peninsula, near the southern headland of Hare Bay, just inside the Fishot Islands qv. On modern maps Zealot appears as Great Islets Harbour. The unusual name may be simply a corruption of "islet", but it has been in use since at least 1802 (when three ships and 100 men from Granville were recorded at the station). Zealot was apparently no longer being used by French fishermen by the 1870s. The few English families at Zealot were likely descendants of James Davis, gar¬ dien of the French premises from 1839. After the French abandoned the harbour it was used by migra¬ tory fishermen from Conception Bay and Fogo Island, and a few of these may have settled as well. Zealot first appears in the Census in 1874 with a population of 19, the highest ever recorded. There were only 11 people in 1891 — likely the families of John Fitzgerald, John Davis and Patrick Davis. The last time that the com¬ munity appeared in the Census, in 1911, its name was rendered as "Sealet", which more closely approxi¬ mates the local pronunciation than either Zealot or Islet. Wilbert Bromley (interview, May 1993), H.A. Innis (1954), Census (1874-1911), McAlpine's New¬ foundland Directory {\%9 A). RHC
ZENO, NICOLO. (C.1326-C.1402). Purported ex¬ plorer. Nicolo and Antonio Zeno were Venetian broth¬ ers reputed to have sailed the north Atlantic in about 1380. Supporting evidence consists solely of a book published in Venice in 1558 by a member ofthe Zeno family. The narrative, which describes a voyage to several islands in the north Atlantic in service of a local potentate, is considered by most historians to be a fabrication. The accompanying map with its mythical islands and place names was, however, accepted as genuine for more than 100 years after publication. The Zeno map was based on the fourteenth century map of Claudius Clavus and the 1537 map of Olaus Magnus. Its inaccuracies misled many early mariners and geo¬ graphers, and may well have been a contributing factor in the search for a northwest passage. DCB I. acb
ZINC. Zinc is a white, metallic element which occurs naturally in the form of zinc blende. It is often associ¬ ated with metals such as copper and lead, and some¬ times with precious metals. Zinc is a base metal used as a component of brass, in galvanizing sheet iron, in printing plates and in electric batteries. Various com¬ pounds containing zinc may be used as white pigment, as a flux in manufacturing or to make a corrosive cleanser. There have been two relatively large-scale mining operations in Newfoundland.
A large ore body containing lead, zinc and copper was located on the Buchans River as early as 1905. Efforts to mine the ore were made between 1906 and 1911, but techniques ofthe time made full-scale pro¬ duction uneconomical. H.A. Guess, an executive of the American Smelting and Refining Co. (ASARCO), continued to test methods of production until the oper¬ ation was judged to be potentially profitable about
1925. Production began at the Buchans qv mine in 1927 through an agreement between ASARCO and the Anglo-Newfoundland Development Co. Initially the Buchans operation was an open-pit mine. Zinc con¬ centrate was shipped to Belgium and Britain in the 1930s, but only to Britain by 1940. During World War II a significant amount of zinc concentrate began to be exported to the United States, but prices tended to fluctuate. Exports ranged between 28,002 tons in 1953 to 38,982 tons in 1964. The Buchans zinc mine closed in 1983 when the ore body was exhausted.
Zinc deposits were known to exist near Daniel's Harbour qv in the 1960s, but it was not until the 1970s that the presence of commercial reserves was con¬ firmed. Newfoundland Zinc Mines Ltd. opened in 1975 as a joint venture of AMAX Zinc and the Van¬ couver-based Teck Corporation. Like the Buchans mine, it began as an open-pit mine but soon developed into an underground operation. The ore was shipped largely to Noranda, Quebec, but also to other parts of Canada and the United States. Limestone tailings from the mine were used experimentally by west coast farmers in soil preparation. Newfoundland Zinc Mines closed for a period but reopened in 1987 following increased market demand for zinc. After two years the operation was again shut down when the ore deposit was judged to be exhausted. See MINERALS; MIN¬ ING. Derek Yetman (1974), Historical Statistics of Newfoundland and Labrador (1970), Rounder (June 1978), Smallwood Files (Minerals), acb
ZOAR (pop. 1945,4). An abandoned community on the Labrador north coast, Zoar was located approximately 50 km southeast of Nain. From 1865 to the early 1890s it was the site of a Moravian mission station, intended to be a gathering point for the settlers qv of the north coast.
In the mid-1800s there were several settler families (of mixed Inuit and European blood) at scattered sites between Nain and Hopedale, most of whom were at least nominally communicants of the Moravian Church. The mission had a long-standing policy of encouraging the Inuit to congregate at its stations, and
Betty Ford at Zoar c. 1945